In the Beginning...

And so, here we are again. You. Me. Here.

This is a space for the common man. The comman man is tired of being talked at by governments who substitute spin for the truth. The common man is angry that he has to explain to his son what Cialis and Erectile Disfunction are as they watch football together. The common man is in awe of the creativity of our culture, but frustrated by our refusal to use that creativity to actually solve the problems of poverty, prejudice, and inequality. The common man acknowledges the greatness of America and its people, but understands why our cultural expansion and foreign policy scares others.

By "man," I do not mean that his site is intended for men and men only. I can certainly see how you'd think so. After all, I'm writing this as a twenty-eight year old, white male who is a father and a husband. And I'm certain that my choice of topics that we take up here will sometimes reflect these identities. But not always. And certainly, the concerns of one man may be concerns shared by other men, women, children, and pets.

I think that the term "the common man" needs to be reappropriated. 24-hour news channels conduct sidewalk interview after sidewalk interview, asking questions designed to elicit a 10-second answer from "the common man" that is neither perceptive, nor news. No, the common man has thoughts that take longer than 10 seconds to unfold. Yet, these are tossed away on the editing room floor. The common man appears stupid and uninsightful in our culture, and is treated as such by a government and media that do not respect him.

So what will we talk about? Culture, politics, family, social justice, economics, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The common man has many interests and all of them are fair game.

And who is the common man? Well, of course, I am. After all, this is my site. Yet, you are the common man, too, if you would like to be. It's not that there's nothing special about us, but we don't consider ourselves to be any more special than anyone else. We recognize that we are products of our culture as much as we continue to shape it. We cannot help being part of this culture, but we are aware of how it affects us on an everyday basis.

I hope you care about the common man, and about what the common man has to say. The common man cannot promise to be good, but can promise to always be here. I hope you will be here too.